www.washingtontimes.com Topics: Ron Johnsonhttp://www.washingtontimes.com/topics/ron-johnson/?utm_medium=RSS2015-07-10T10:42:00-04:00Ron Johnson, GOP senator, blasts VA inspector general's office for coverup2015-07-10T10:42:00-04:00Dave Boyerhttp://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2015/jul/10/sen-ron-johnson-blasts-va-ig-office-coverup/?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS<p>A top Senate Republican is accusing the Inspector General's office at the beleaguered Department of Veterans Affairs of smearing whistleblowers and victims of VA mismanagement in a long-running scandal in Wisconsin.</p> <p>Sen. Ron Johnson, Wisconsin Republican and chairman of the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, told acting VA Inspector ...White House slammed for slew of Inspector Generals vacancies2015-06-03T22:49:04-04:00Andrew Nachemsonhttp://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2015/jun/3/white-house-slammed-for-slew-of-ig-vacancies/?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS<p>With an invited White House official a no-show, lawmakers teed off on the Obama administration at a Senate hearing over what critics say is an unprecedented number of vacancies in the federal government's watchdog corps. Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee Chairman Ron Johnson, Wisconsin Republican, said the hearing ...Russ Feingold running for U.S. Senate in Wisconsin in 20162015-05-14T10:22:00-04:00David Sherfinskihttp://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2015/may/14/russ-feingold-running-us-senate-wisconsin-2016/?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS<p>Former Sen. Russ Feingold said Thursday he'll try to win back the Wisconsin seat he lost in 2010 to GOP Sen. Ron Johnson in what liberal groups have already circled as a marquee 2016 matchup.</p> <p>Mr. Feingold, who was the lone senator to vote against the Patriot Act in 2001, ...Conservative pastors slam Indiana lawmakers over religion law 'fix'2015-04-27T16:57:30-04:00LAURYN SCHROEDERhttp://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2015/apr/27/religious-leaders-plan-to-protest-changes-to-relig/?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS<p>INDIANAPOLIS (AP) - Republican Gov. Mike Pence and legislative leaders failed to protect religious liberties by approving a change to Indiana's religious objections law, conservative religious leaders said Monday.</p> <p>Members of the Indiana Pastors Alliance gathered at the Statehouse to protest the fix to the initial law, which drew boycotts ...IRS's John Koskinen on Tax Day: 120M have filed so far2015-04-15T10:30:00-04:00Tom Howell Jr.http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2015/apr/15/irs-john-koskinen-120m-have-filed-tax-day/?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS<p>The tax bill came due for many Obamacare customers Wednesday, with at least half of those who got health care subsidies in 2014 having to pay money back to the IRS, agency Commissioner John Koskinen told Congress Wednesday, though he said the process was less painful than most would have ...Federal courts reject Ron Johnson's Obamacare lawsuit for a second time2015-04-14T13:22:41-04:00Tom Howell Jr.http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2015/apr/14/federal-courts-reject-ron-johnsons-obamacare-lawsu/?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS<p>A federal appeals court on Monday rejected a Republican senator's lawsuit challenging the way Congress is treated under Obamacare.</p> <p>Sen. Ron Johnson, of Wisconsin, said he was disappointed with the decision by a three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 7th District, which found he lacked legal ...Ron Johnson offers latest GOP plan to deal with Obamacare subsidies ruling2015-04-14T10:47:50-04:00Tom Howell Jr.http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2015/apr/14/ron-johnson-offers-latest-gop-plan-deal-obamacare-/?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS<p>Sen. Ron Johnson added his voice Tuesday to the mounting number of Republican proposals to revamp health care in the wake of a Supreme Court decision this June that could gut Obamacare.</p> <p>Mr. Johnson, of Wisconsin, said the GOP needs to be ready when the justices decide whether the administration ...Ron Johnson hopes for a better outcome in round two of Obamacare lawsuit2015-01-20T18:52:00-05:00Tom Howell Jr.http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2015/jan/20/ron-johnson-hopes-better-outcome-obamacare-lawsuit/?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS<p class="p1">Sen. Ron Johnson is hoping a federal appeals court will breathe new life into his lawsuit over how Congress is treated under Obamacare.</p> <p>A lower-court judge tossed the Mr. Johnson's lawsuit last summer, saying the Wisconsin Republican could not prove he was harmed by administration rules that allowed congressional ...Republican senators vow more Iran sanctions despite Obama warnings2015-01-18T20:04:10-05:00S.A. Miller, Ben Wolfgang and S.A. Miller, Ben Wolfganghttp://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2015/jan/18/republican-senators-vow-more-iran-sanctions-despit/?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS<p>Republican senators vowed Sunday to pursue additional sanctions against Iran, brushing off unusually blunt and dire warnings from President Obama that any more penalties for Tehran would threaten to scuttle nuclear talks and possibly lead to war.</p> <p>Sen. Ron Johnson, Wisconsin Republican and chairman of the Senate Homeland Security and ...Club for Growth endorses six GOP senators for re-election in 20162014-11-12T11:40:07-05:00David Sherfinskihttp://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2014/nov/12/club-for-growth-endorses-six-gop-senators-for-re-e/?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS<p>As both sides continue to pick up the pieces from the 2014 midterm elections, the conservative Club for Growth on Wednesday cast its gaze a bit further ahead, throwing its support behind six Republican U.S. senators up for re-election in 2016.</p> <p>The group's political action committee is endorsing Sens. Ron ...Ferguson dawns with 2 shot, 31 arrested2014-08-19T06:07:20-04:00Cheryl K. Chumleyhttp://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2014/aug/19/ferguson-dawns-2-shot-31-arrested/?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS<p>Any hopes for the National Guard to dispel rioters in Ferguson have been squashed, as Tuesday dawned with two shot and 31 arrested and more chaos in the streets mixed with tear gas and flash grenades.</p> <p>The arrested hailed from as far away as New York and California, fueling speculation ...Ferguson pledges outreach efforts after shooting2014-08-19T15:22:03-04:00NIGEL DUARAhttp://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2014/aug/19/governor-nixon-orders-national-guard-to-ferguson/?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS<p>FERGUSON, Mo. (AP) &mdash; Ferguson's leaders urged residents Tuesday to stay home after dark to "allow peace to settle in" and pledged several actions to reconnect with the predominantly black community in the St. Louis suburb where the fatal shooting of 18-year-old Michael Brown has sparked nightly clashes between protesters ...Missouri Gov. Jay Nixon orders National Guard to Ferguson2014-08-18T03:19:24-04:00Nigel Duara, Jim Suhrhttp://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2014/aug/18/police-deploy-tear-gas-to-impose-ferguson-curfew/?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS<p>FERGUSON, Mo. &mdash; Missouri's governor on Monday ordered the National Guard to a St. Louis suburb convulsed by protests over the fatal shooting of an unarmed black teen, after a night in which police used tear gas to clear protesters off the streets well ahead of a curfew.</p> <p>Gov. Jay ...Missouri Gov. Nixon declares state of emergency, curfew in St. Louis suburb where teen killed2014-08-16T16:23:01-04:00http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2014/aug/16/missouri-gov-nixon-declares-state-of-emergency-cur/?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS<p>FERGUSON, Mo. &mdash; Missouri Gov. Jay Nixon declared a state of emergency and imposed a curfew Saturday in the St. Louis suburb where a black teenager was shot to death by a white police officer a week ago.</p> <p>Nixon said that though many protesters were making themselves heard peacefully, the ...Ferguson store looted early Saturday; Brown was accused of robbing same location2014-08-16T08:54:38-04:00http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2014/aug/16/ferguson-store-looted-early-saturday-brown-was-acc/?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS<p>FERGUSON, Mo. (AP) &mdash; Anger spurred by the death of a black teenager at the hands of a white police officer boiled over again when protesters stormed into a Missouri convenience store &mdash; the same store that Michael Brown was accused of robbing.</p> <p>Police and about 200 protesters clashed in ...Putin a 'megalomaniac' who must be challenged with force: Sen. Johnson2014-07-29T09:43:25-04:00Tom Howell Jr.http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2014/jul/29/putin-megalomaniac-who-must-be-challenged-force-se/?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS<p>Russian President Vladimir Putin is a "megalomaniac" who will forge ahead in eastern Ukraine unless the U.S. and others stand up to him with actual force, because economic sanctions are simply not enough, Sen. Ron Johnson said Tuesday.</p> <p>The Wisconsin Republican said Ukrainian leaders need arms and other assistance &mdash; ...Judge throws out Sen. Ron Johnson's lawsuit over Obamacare exchanges2014-07-21T21:54:05-04:00Tom Howell Jr.http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2014/jul/21/judge-throws-out-sen-ron-johnsons-lawsuit-over-oba/?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS<p>A Republican senator had no grounds to sue the Obama administration over how it interpreted the part of Obamacare that forces members of Congress to get their health care insurance through the law's new exchanges, a federal judge ruled Monday.</p> <p>Sen. Ron Johnson of Wisconsin said he was disappointed in ...Judge hears arguments in Sen. Ron Johnson's Obamacare lawsuit2014-07-07T13:16:51-04:00Tom Howell Jr.http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2014/jul/7/judge-hears-arguments-sen-ron-johnsons-obamacare-l/?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS<p>A lawyer for Republican Sen. Ron Johnson told a federal court Monday that the Obama administration overstepped its bounds and gave members of Congress and their staffs illegal preferential treatment under Obamacare.</p> <p>Mr. Johnson, Wisconsin Republican, sued in January to take away his fellow lawmakers' health care subsidies, saying members ...EDITORIAL: The VA spending 'cure'2014-06-18T20:11:08-04:00THE WASHINGTON TIMEShttp://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2014/jun/18/editorial-the-va-spending-cure/?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS<p>Congress says it's going to "fix" the Veterans Administration. That means it's time to hold on to your wallet. The Congressional Budget Office ran the numbers on the House- and Senate-passed scheme to address the scandalous treatment of veterans and concluded it's a budget buster.</p> <p>In a report issued Tuesday, ...SD Supreme Court rehears death sentence appeal2014-05-27T12:30:46-04:00http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2014/may/27/sd-supreme-court-rehears-death-sentence-appeal/?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS<p> PIERRE, S.D. (AP) - South Dakota Supreme Court justices hear arguments again Tuesday on a second appeal in the case of a man who helped kill a guard at the state penitentiary.</p> <p> Rodney Berget was sentenced to death for the 2011 killing of Ron Johnson during a failed ...